2007 Miami Dolphins season
| 2007 Miami Dolphins season | |
|---|---|
| Head coach | Cam Cameron |
| General manager | Randy Mueller |
| Owner | Wayne Huizenga |
| Home field | Dolphin Stadium |
| Results | |
| Record | 1–15 |
| Division place | 4th AFC East |
| Playoff finish | did not qualify |
| Pro Bowlers | 1 |
The 2007 Miami Dolphins season was the 38th season for the team in the National Football League and 42nd season overall. The team nearly went winless for the season, but on December 16, the third to last game of the regular season, they beat the Baltimore Ravens, giving them a final record of 1–15. The Detroit Lions became the first team to go 0–16 the following season. Their only win of the season gave them the first pick in the 2008 NFL draft. They also failed to improve upon a 6–10 season in 2006. Under former head coach Nick Saban in a year that began with high hopes, Saban resigned from the Dolphins to become the head coach at the University of Alabama, after repeatedly saying he would stay with the Dolphins. The Dolphins entered 2007 in the process of rebuilding under new head coach Cam Cameron, the former offensive coordinator for the San Diego Chargers. The coaching staff underwent significant changes, with approximately twelve coaches newly hired or reassigned. Cameron also made various changes to the team's roster, with more than a dozen players being added or re-signed and just as many being released, traded or allowed to sign elsewhere. Six of the team's losses in 2007 were by margins of three points or less.
During the 2006 season, rumors persisted of then-Dolphins head coach Nick Saban leaving for the University of Alabama at the end of the season. Saban denied these rumors throughout the season, to the point where on December 21 he told the South Florida media "I'm not going to be the Alabama coach." Whether or not he meant it at the time is unknown, but Saban's stance softened after the season, and on January 3, 2007 Saban resigned from the Dolphins to become the new head coach of the Alabama Crimson Tide.
On February 2, 2007, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell announced that the Dolphins and New York Giants would play a game at London, England's Wembley Stadium. The game —- the second regular season NFL game to take place outside of the United States and first to take place outside of North America -— counted as a home game for the Dolphins. It took place Sunday, October 28 (Week 8) with kick off at 1:00 pm ET (5:00 pm local London time). It was broadcast on Fox. The Dolphins lost the game to the Giants by a score of 13–10.
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